Chapter 1 of St. Andrews Ghost Stories: Fourth Edition is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of St. Andrews Ghost Stories: Fourth Edition is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild). _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be. They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale. W. T. L. J.
Chapter 1 of St. Andrews Ghost Stories: Fourth Edition is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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unpleasantly cool and humid
From this reading “_FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.”
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.”
a formal association of people with similar interests
From this reading “BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).”
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading “They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.”
emit long loud cries
From this reading “They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.”
plural of “phantom” — a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading “_FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.”
sharp piercing cry
From this reading “They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.”
emit long loud cries
From this reading “They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “_FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
unpleasantly cool and humid
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
a formal association of people with similar interests
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
emit long loud cries
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading J.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading W. T. L.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
plural of “phantom” — a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
sharp piercing cry
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
in or at that place or location
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _FOURTH EDITION._ There are ghosts and phantoms round us, On the mountains, on the sea; Some are cold and some are clammy, Some are hot as hot can be.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading BY W. T. LINSKILL (Dean of Guild).
emit long loud cries
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
which person or people
From this reading They can creep, and crawl, and hover, And can howl, and shriek, and wail, And those who want to hear of them Must read this little tale.
Chapter 1 of St. Andrews Ghost Stories: Fourth Edition by William Thomas Linskill holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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